Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. New Theoretical Directions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Resistance to Interference: Developmental Changes in a Basic Processing Mechanism

      • Frank N. Dempster

      Pages 3-27

   3. The Ontogeny of Inhibition Mechanisms: A Renewed Approach to Cognitive Development

      • Katherine Kipp Harnishfeger, David F. Bjorklund

      Pages 28-49

   4. Domains of Fuzzy-Trace Theory

      • C. J. Brainerd, V. F. Reyna

      Pages 50-93

3. New Formal Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. The Role of a Global Mechanism in Developmental Change in Speed of Processing

      • Robert Kail

      Pages 97-119

   3. Individual Differences in Children, Studies, and Statistics: Applications of Empirical Bayes Methodology

      • Hoben Thomas

      Pages 120-153

   4. On Determining the Dimension of Discontinuities in Human Learning and Development

      • John B. Cooney, Mark A. Constas

      Pages 154-191

4. New Research Avenues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. The Problem of Infantile Amnesia: Lessons from Fuzzy-Trace Theory

      • Michelle D. Leichtman, Stephen J. Ceci

      Pages 195-213

   3. Development of Intentional Forgetting in Children

      • Elyse Brauch Lehman, Margaret Bovasso

      Pages 214-233

   4. Direct and Indirect Assessments of Memory: Implications for the Study of Memory Development During Childhood

      • Jayne Ann Ausley, Robert E. Guttentag

      Pages 234-264

5. Afterword

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265

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   2. Shifting Conceptions of Cognitive Development

      • Mark L. Howe, Robert Pasnak

      Pages 267-276

6. Back Matter

   Pages 277-288

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Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development, Volumes I and II offer the full spectrum of current knowledge and research trends in cognitive developmental psychology. The first volume provides a foundation by describing key discoveries in new areas of research and by thoroughly examining fundamental aspects of the field, including several demonstrations of formal modeling; the gains in prediction and precision that can be won by such mathematical analyses are the hallmark of cognitive development as a maturing science. The second volume traces the development of cognitive competence - denoting a change or increment in cognitive proficiency, understanding, or mastery - and includes analyses of innovative and previously unpublished studies. The primary challenge issued by many of the authors in this volume is to ensure the incorporation of new knowledge into educational practices. These volumes, which are milestones in cognitive developmental psychology, interest every researcher in the field.

• development
• developmental psychology
• memory
• online
• philosophy
• psychology
• statistics

• Department of Psychology, Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada

  Mark L. Howe

• Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

  Robert Pasnak

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